We made it out of the Kalahari and headed for Augrabies Falls National Park. More to follow on that, but since we’ve got about 10 minutes of internet, for now just a quick summary of our present Christmas:- Found Santa … Continue reading
The Kalahari Desert wasn’t exactly what I was expecting – parts of it were green! We found out later that the colours were due to 3 days of heavy rain that had fallen about a week earlier. It added little … Continue reading
The desert roads south of Sossusvlei are almost as dramatic as the dunes themselves. For about 200km there are desert landscapes on one side of the track and mountain ranges on the other. I can’t think of anywhere else I’ve … Continue reading
This is my new pal, Jenson Button. At least, I assume he’s my new pal, since I appear now to be sponsoring the Vodofone McLaren F1 team. It’s difficult to get wifi in most of the places we’ve been – … Continue reading
There are basically 4 tar roads in Namibia & all are single lane – the B1 runs north / south, the B4 runs west from the B1 to Luderitz and the B2 runs west to Swapokmund / Walvis Bay (the … Continue reading
We did a couple more running repairs to the car:- Fitted foam rubber to all doors to try and keep the dust out: Put duck-tape (marvellous stuff) over holes in the floor where things had been bolted through before, then … Continue reading
We’d got some suspension problems and put some requests for advice up onto ‘The HUBB’ and ‘The 4×4 Community’ forums. It’s fantastic how fast these guys respond with helpful information. In 24 hours we got a dozen responses, recommending 3 … Continue reading
From Khorixas we headed into Damaraland proper – more like desert and home to Himba / Herero people. The Herero dress in almost traditional ‘Victorian’ clothing, except in bright colours like something from a Beryl Cook picture. Whereas the Himba … Continue reading
Leaving Etosha via Namatomi (the eastern gate) was a bit of a wrench – it had been such a tremendous experience. We headed further east towards Tsumeb & ‘Bushman’ country. For decent showers etc we stopped at Kupferquelle rest camp. … Continue reading
Namatomi Camp is in the Far East of Etosha Park. An old German Fort, converted into a few lodges, a restaurant (where we had an excellent treat – a 4-course buffet for $12 each) and a campsite for about 30 … Continue reading